Garment.



M. A. WICKES.

GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I2. 1916.

1 ,245,649.' Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

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GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

Application filed. February 12, 1916. Serial No. 77,882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARJORIE APPEL Hours, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, inthe county and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedGarment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved garmentmore especially designed for use on babies and arranged to permitconvenient enlargement of the top, front and back of the shoulderportions of the garment to readily compensate for the growing of theinfant.

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of foldsextending transversely across the top of the shoulder portions of thegarment and merging with the body of the garment at the front and back,the folds being preferably held in closed position by temporaryfastening means such as stitches to allow opening of any one of thefolds on each shoulder at a time as the infant grows.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indi cate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure l is a front perspective view of the garment;

Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of the same;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the top of one of theshoulder portions of the garment; and

Fig. 4 is a similar view of the same with one of the folds on oneshoulder portion let out to enlarge the garment.

The garment is mainly intended for use on babies and may be anundergarment or an outer garment. The body 10 of the garment ispreferably open along the front median line and is adapted to be closedalong the said line by suitable fastening devices 11 such as buttons andbuttonholes. The body 10 is provided with a neckband 12 and with sleeves13, preferably short, and the said body and sleeves are preferablyformed from a single piece of material, but the sleeves may be inserted,if desired. The shoulder portions of the garment are provided withtransversely extending folds or plaits 14 which reach over the tops ofthe shoulders and down the front and back of the body 10 to graduallymerge into the same a distance below the bottoms of the sleeves, asshown in Figs 1 and 2. The folds 14 on each shoulder portlon areapproximately parallel and the inner edges of the folds are fastened tothe shoulder portions by stitches 15 or similar.

fastening devices, the stitches terminating at the point of thebeginning of the merging of the folds with the front and back of thegarment.

By the arrangement described, the desired fullness in the front and backof the body is provided at all times and as the infant grows a fold oneach shoulder portion has its stitches 15 removed so as to let out thisfold and thus enlarge the shoulder portion correspondingly. In thecourse of time as the infant grows still larger the next fold is let outby removing the stitches 15 to again increase the size of the shoulderportions and thus give the desired comfort to the infant.

In practice, the inner edges of the folds 14 extend underneath andtoward the neckband 12, as plainly indicated in Fig. 3, s0 that thefolds appear on the outer surface of the shoulder portions and thusenhance the appearance of the garment.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A garment, comprising a body having a neckband and sleeves, theshoulder portions of the said body intermediate the said sleeves and thesides of the said neckband being provided with transversely extendingexterior folds passing across the shoulder and a distance downward onboth the front and back of the body, the lower ends of the said foldsmerging into the front and back of the body.

2. A garment, comprising a body open along the median front line andhaving a neckband and sleeves, the shoulder portion of the bodyintermediate the said sleeves and the sides of the neckband beinprovided with integral parallel folds exten ing transversely across theshoulder portions and down the front and the back of the body andmerging into the front and back of the body and removable fasteningmeans connectlng the folds with the shoulder portions.

3. A garment, comprising a body open along the median front line andhavlng a neckband and sleeves, the shoulder portion of the bodyintermediate the said sleeves and the sides of the neckband beingprovided with integral parallel folds extending transversely and merginginto the front and back of the body, and stitches connecting thedoubled-up edges of the folds with the shoulderportions, the stitchesterminating at the front and back of the garment at the beginning pointsof the merging of the folds With the front and back.

4:. A garment, comprising a body having a neckband, sleeves, enlargingmeans at the top of the shoulder portions of the said body and extendingfrom the said neokband to the said sleeves and temporary holding meansfor the said enlarging means to allow of periodically releasing portionsof the said enlarging means to gradually increase the 5 size of theshoulder portions at the top, the front and back thereof.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

MARJORIE APPEL VVICKES.

Witnesses:

A. H. APPEL, LIVINGSTON EMERY.-

